Thursday, July 15, 2010

An Adorable Giveaway!

Do you like giveaways? I've been lucky a couple of times with blog giveaways, and I just found out today that bird on wire is having one! From now through July 25 at 5:00 p.m., leave a comment on that giveaway thread, and you will be entered in a drawing for the cutest little needle-felted barn owl this side of paradise!

These days, I've been really taken with birds. I have a vessel in my Etsy shop with a bird on it by Humble Beads. And when I was at the Bead & Button show, I purchased two raku birds by odd designs. Later today, I'll be making a vessel for one of those raku birds - I've already designed the piece in my head, and made a lampwork bead to go with it. This one will be somewhat different from my other vessels. When I saw her birds at the show, a picture popped into my head and now it's time to execute that design - yeah! I just came back from the eye doctor and the good news is that he didn't dilate my eyes today. So now I can spend some time in the wet lab and actually see what I'm doing.

Here's the bird from odd designs that will go on my next vessel.

Speaking of raku, I recently finished a vessel on which I used a raku bead from Lisa Peters Art. Here's my little dottie vessel...

And now I'm off to Starbucks for a quick iced tea before I hit the lab. Hope YOU folks have a happy and creative day!

3 comments:

hello shirley,i love this little owl so much, she is very,very cute!!!so i like to participate at your wonderful giveaway.sorry, my english is not good, i dont't can say what i want, i don't know the right words.....thank you and have a nice day!bye,filz-t-raum.ch

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I love to "make stuff" - glass beads, jewelry, fiber art, whatever catches my fancy.
I am a full time artisan, having left the world of software development after a long successful career.
I love nature... color... texture... music... gourmet food... and Jack Russell Terriers.